In his new collection, Jeffrey McDaniel confronts the insular and expansive qualities of loss. With electric language and surrealistic imagery, McDaniel's poems deliver the quotidian elements of middle-age life while weaving us in & out of childhood and adulthood alongside body and mind. The tragic and life affirming share the same page and the same world, reminding us how close corruption can be to innocence; domesticity to fantasy; aging to youth.

About the Author
Jeffrey McDaniel is the author of five books of poetry, most recently Chapel of Inadvertent Joy. Other books include The Endarkenment, The Splinter Factory, The Forgiveness Parade, and Alibi School. His poems have appeared in numerous journals and antholo

Reviews
Past Praise for Chapel of Inadvertent Joy

"McDaniel shocks with lines that are at once painful and visually convincing, that balance grief with imagination."-Green Mountains Review

Past Praise for Chapel of Inadvertent Joy<

"I just loved this book so much! Heartbreak and humor find their balance in this worldly take on love and cheating. McDaniel is so smooth and lovable in his voice and adept in his lines. He makes it all seem so easy. Buy this for five smart people who like poetry; they will all send you notes of pleasure."- D.A. Powell



Book Information
ISBN 9780822966104
Author Jeffrey McDaniel
Format Paperback
Page Count 65
Imprint University of Pittsburgh Press
Publisher University of Pittsburgh Press